Subject: RE: good to run on fatigued legs? Here's my take. Training is beneficial, sometimes we are tired when we train. That is different than thinking that training tired is beneficial -- if you get what I mean. To the extent that fatigue doesn't compromise the quality of your key sessions; the speed of your recovery from your key sessions... then training tired is OK. As well, there will be periods in your athletic development where it may make sense to get quite tired -- there are endurance and mental gains that stem from learning to cope with fatigue. That said, with the athletes that I advise... the ability to get tired, isn't a key limiter. Most often, we can increase performance (on a lower average training load) by improving recovery (mainly sleep) as well as enhancing nutrition. Kind of a long version of... "it depends". What I ask myself is "did I get tired the right way". Hope this helps, g |